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Bob Carr’s Genocide Comparison Deepens Labor Rift Over Palestinian Statehood

Labor is fractured over Carr’s genocide comparison, with colleagues demanding an apology, others urging statehood recognition.

The former NSW premier Bob Carr weaponisation of starvation was ‘giving effect to a genocide’. NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Overview

  • Bob Carr likened Israel’s Gaza operations to genocidal war crimes and accused the government of weaponizing mass starvation against civilians.
  • Carr urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to follow France’s example by recognizing Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in September.
  • Nick Dyrenfurth of Labor Friends of Israel rejected the genocide claim and called on Carr to apologize for provoking community tensions.
  • Former minister Ed Husic pressed Albanese to commit to Palestinian recognition without preconditions on Hamas demilitarization.
  • Prime Minister Albanese confirmed that withholding aid breached international law and Israel has imposed a tactical pause in Gaza to allow humanitarian relief.